--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/NASHORN-494.js	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * NASHORN-494 :  in strict mode \0 is not allowed as escape sequence
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+function expectNoError(str) {
+    try {
+        eval(str);
+    } catch (e) {
+        fail("failed", e);
+    }
+}
+
+function expectError(str) {
+    try {
+        eval(str);
+        fail("should have thrown SyntaxError for : " + str);
+    } catch (e) {
+        if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+            fail("expected SyntaxError, got " + e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+expectNoError("var x = '\\0'");
+expectNoError("var x = '\\0xyz'");
+expectError("var x = '\\01'");
+expectError("var x = '\\08'");
+expectError("var x = '\\7'");
+expectError("var x = '\\563'");